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  • Ruminations – 18jan19 (updated 21jan19)

    Federal workers demonstrate because they don't have the money to buy food or pay the rent. Why haven't some of the nation's major lenders stepped forward to lend them money at low/no interest rates until they start getting a check again?  The money so lent would be at minimal risk since the borrowers have their…

  • A Bayesian Gem – Least Squares

    George Rebane Some readers may have become aware of my involvement with and amazement of Bayesian probability.  Sadly, most RR readers couldn’t care less, and therefore have no idea of the impact that Bayesian inference plays in their daily lives.  I admit that as a techie, my Bayesian bias started early in my career when…

  • CA Exodus Denied

    George Rebane The exodus of the producers and the productive from California has been a recurring theme on RR ever since the Democrats assumed total control, turned the state into the nation’s home for welfare recipients, started raising taxes and fees as if there were no tomorrow, and opened its gates to illegal aliens.  Essentially,…

  • Calling Global Warming a Hoax can be Confusing!

    [Russ Steele is a regular contributor and commenter in these pages.  He hosts Sierra Foothills Commentary, a blog that focuses on the ongoing debate about the science behind the highly politicized ‘climate change’ issue.  RR invites submitted bylines from various viewpoints on a wide spectrum of issues.  gjr] By Russ Steele Let’s be clear, climate…

  • Plastics and more from CO2

    George Rebane The latest chapter in the global climate change hysteria was published last week.  The ‘4th National Climate Assessment, Vol2’ (NCA4V2) purported to summarize for light readers the dreadful fate that will surely befall all of us were we not to immediately put in place policies that would pauper ALL developed countries.   This is…

  • Yellowstone Supervolcano about to blow?

    George Rebane [This little interlude will most likely interest very few RR readers, but it has provided me a respite from the political struggles through my continuing love-affair with pushing squigglies.  Truth be told, I do this kind of stuff quite often, and who knows, there’s always the off-chance that some reader may show interest.]…

  • fMRI in your pocket

    George Rebane A longtime friend, RR reader, and former colleague just made me aware of this latest reason to celebrate capitalism.  The name of the new start-up is Openwater that has invented and is now productizing a whole new medical imaging technology that uses light and sound.  Its introduction into the healthcare markets here and…

  • Credo on Closure

    George Rebane Here I record a brief note made over a year ago that I discovered while clearing my desk for the next project.  It is probably of not much interest to RR’s current readers, but may be for some future internet archeologists, especially students of causality. Closure, n. – the act of bringing to…

  • Sapir-Whorf on the Art of Coding and the Communications Conundrum

    George Rebane In his ‘Code to Joy’ essay (featured in the Jun-Jul 2018 issue of 1843, the Economist’s bi-monthly features magazine), science writer and author Andrew Smith almost discovers Sapir-Whorf.  But not quite, and therein lies a tale.  The man had been writing about computer technology and its impact on our lives for most of…

  • Iffy Science and Public Policy

    George Rebane [This is the transcript of my regular KVMR commentary broadcast on 18 April 2018.] Will Rogers, humorist and keen observer of American life, once said, “It ain’t whatcha don’t know that worries me, it’s whatcha know that ain’t so.” A lot of government procured science, especially science on which politicians base public policy,…

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